You can embed movies and play them in SMART, stopping them in the middle and writing on them.
SMART presentations:
Teaching Math the SMART way
Teaching Language Arts using Smartboards
Colette Retrosi discussed several ways to use Smartboards in teaching Language Arts, she also shared a bunch of Language arts sites. The first game she talked about was Battleship on Quia, she shared that you find it by searching word study and spelling. Next she shared Chicktionary which is a primary game. I googled it and found a lot of different versions. She showed us the Fridge Magnet feature (Smart Gallery 10), the word generator (in the lesson toolkit), and the spot light tool( Smart Notebook 10). Some other sites she mentioned were www.earobics.com, www.gamegoo.com, and www.vocabulary.com. Christine SCAN
This is a great focused blogging site called Your Take http://yourtake.org/ Students use a decision making process called SCAN (Stop and think, Clarify the key issues, Ask what's most important, Now what do you do next?) to dissolve a dispute and blog about each step along the way. The disputes can be anything from current situations, (i.e. "should cell phones be allowed in school?") to historical events (i.e. "how should the British respond to the Boston Tea Party") to fictional problems (i.e. "What should Harry do about Draco?")
Free subscription until June 30, 2009.
Does not require student e mail to sign up.
Google Earth:
There was a great presentation on Google Earth 5th Edition. There are a lot of great new tools available. Google Mars has been added with pictures and videos. A new ocean feature was put in there so you can dive into the ocean and check out sea life, ocean walls/floors, and swim with sharks.
I learned how to create KML (keyhole markup language) and KMZ (keyhole markup zip) files using Google Earth 5th edition. The presenter shared a wealth of ideas with participants for using Google Earth in subject areas suchas Social Studies and Language Arts. The software could be used to trace the cities and countries involved in World War 1 and 2. The files can be saved and shared with others. The wiki http://create-kmz-who-me.pbwiki.com/FrontPage was provided as aresource for creating kmz files and samples files. Antoher resource shared was Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.org/ which is a website that uses Google Earth to provide visual connections in literature. Please check out thses sites there is some really cool stuff here! KIM
Visual Communicator 3:
Shawn Jones from Woodbridge Middle and I (Ryan Osweiler) presented our news program on Monday morning. We had a crowd of about 30 and it seemed to go really well. Instead of typing everything out, feel free to visit our blog: http://portertvnews.edublogs.org . We are in the process of putting pictures from our presentation on there.
Spicing up Professional Development This session focused on providing professional development to teachers similar to providing meals. The presentation provided breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner. For instance, breakfast provided PD that would be fast, quick and, easy. Ideas included: present at technology tidbit for 5 minutes during a facility meeting; provides staff technology information in the school newsletter; provided just in time training as teachers request. The lunch provided quick but requires them to sit for 20minutes, ideas included: provide teachers with Lunch & Learn sessions (provide PD during teachers lunch time and supply them with dessert); provided PD during collaboration or PLC time to small groups; provide teachers with the web-based tutorials that software companies provide; provide instructional coaching to teachers such as short observations and providing feedback; establish technology buddies in the schools to assist in providing teachers support. The dinner provided enjoyable and satisfying professional development, ideas included: have small group but focused training through the school day for teachers; use a blog or wiki to work collaboratively with teachers over a period of time; encourage teachers to take professional development courses offered outside the school. Snacks included ideas such as sending teachers thank you notes for attending the session, give teachers a flash drive with resources on it, have teachers win a lab pass for preferred lab reservations. KIM
Submit an Electronic VGLA The session focused on how to convince teachers to begin creating electronic VGLA portfolios. The presenters discussed how their middle school created electronic VGLA portfolios one school year. The process was cumbersome because they put all of the portfolios on CD Roms but the teachers felt it was successful. Most evaluators at the state level like the electronic format better than the large heavy notebooks. More information can be provided if you are interested. KIM
Comic Life for Educators
Comic Life is a user-friendly program that allows users to create a comic using photographs or images. The possiblities of this productivity software are endless. It can be used with k-12 students in any subject area. What are the benefits of Comic Life?
1. Engaging. Comic Life activities can replace some of the less interesting but common tasks, such as timelines, plot summaries or story mapping, and listing information.
2. Utilizing multiple skill levels. Composing a comic can involve a range of skills and cognitive processes. Depending on the assignment, students may have to organize, analyze, and synthesize information. For example, having to compose a comic exploring the setting of a text requires students to visually compose their interpretation of the setting, rather than simply compiling descriptive words.
3. Appeals to multiple intelligences. Creating a comic with Comic Life may involve composing and taking photographs, drawing illustrations, writing, creating a logical sequence of events or frames, and provides a hands-on experience. Students may have the option to work individually or in groups, and visual learners would gain a great deal from the activity.
4. Meaningful learning. Comic Life can be used in a way that allows students to relate material to their lives and take an active part in their learning. For example, students may choose to act out a text, photograph events or actions, and create a comic from the photographs.
5. Appeals to all students. Using Comic Life is not only fun, but is also allows students to design according to their own personalities and aesthetic value. For instance, there are plenty of pink styles for the girls who may not initially like the ideas of a “boys” comic. ( This list was taken from the website http://cnx.org/content/m18037/latest/)
MAKE DIGITAL PICTURES “ROCK” YOUR CURRICULUM WITH PHOTOSTORY – This hands-on session provided the basics of how to do a PhotoStory project. Since I have already done projects with students using PhotoStory, I found this session not to be the best use of my time. However, it was a fine presentation for those not familiar with this application. All was not in vein as I did come away with a list of resources for digital storytelling including royalty free music and clipart/images. Joanne
VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3: A STUDENT TV NEWS PRODUCTION PROGRAM – T his session was presented by two of PWCS ITRTs. I was interested in seeing and learning what they are doing at their respective schools because we are also doing live morning news broadcasts at my school. We, too, are using Visual Communicator and found it to be a very user-friendly application. Joanne
ARE YOU READY TO SUBMIT AN ELECTRONIC VGLA? - After reading Kim’s post, I wondered if we attended the same session. I liked the idea of an electronic portfolio Norfolk Public Schools used last year. The electronic version incorporated a lot more technology as opposed to the paper/pencil worksheet version. When the electronic portfolios were submitted, the presenters found some examiners were not cooperative, some were not comfortable with the technology, and, horror of horrors, some of the CDs would not open. In spite of this, many of their students passed the SOLs. The following year, with administration and teacher training and new directions coming from the ‘powers that be’ Norfolk Public Schools resorted back to using paper and binders. The presenters believed the electronic portfolio is the way to go. However, I detected a “give up” attitude by these presenters because of the “brick walls” they encountered while trying to go green and use technology tools. Joanne
READY, SET, ACTION! USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR WITH A MORNING SHOW PROGRAM, TO ENHANCE YOUR CURRICULUM – This presentation was done by an elementary school teacher and basically covered the same things Ryan and Shawn did in their presentation. To capture students’ attention, they have a “where in the world is the principal” segment where a picture of some place in the world served as the backdrop for the principal’s minute. Students would submit their answers and someone would be rewarded at the end of the week. One feature I particularly liked was the “self-evaluation” by her news crew. Because she had the time to do this, she would sit down with students at the end of the week and have them reflect on how they performed as far as eye contact, expression, vocal clarity, etc. Another feature she used was to have each grade level come up with 10 questions about a particular SOL objective. One question from each grade level would be shown each morning on the news. Joanne
SMART. .PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER – The enthusiasm from this presenter made you want to step back in time and be a student again. It sure would be nice to clone some of her energy and passion for creating lessons using SMART. Her presentation focused on elementary science lesson but the same type of lesson could be adapted to middle school.
"I'm in a Hurry!"
The presenters, Tom Kern and John Maher presented ideas to improve teaching in the lab setting, as well as a cd with lessons for every grade level. Some of the ideas they shared included, colored cubes on top of computers so that you can easily group students, clips on the sides of computers for headphones, and a computer club to help with maintaining computers and organization. Christine
Additional items presented during this session were:
a classroom management system for use in the elementary lab (tickets earned or taken away depending on behavior, with raffles for those who kept all their tickets)
ideas for meeting with teachers (one every 6 weeks, asking teachers to fill out a pre-planning sheet with curriculum focus, posting finished planning sheets for all staff members to see)
their method of sharing cameras and photos (cameras bar coded and checked out from library, everyone downloads pictures to shared drive on server)
Cynthia
CREATING DIGITAL FIELD TRIPS – This presentation focused on creating field trips using maps, pictures, and music. We learned how to create a short video using Animoto. This software is downloadable and free. The free version allows you to create a 30-second video. For a price, you can create an extended length video. There is no limit on how many free videos can be made. Animoto supports image retrieval from Flikr, Facebook, and Photobucket. To learn more about Animoto, go to http://animoto.com. Joanne
Flip This was a presentation about the many uses of the Flip Camera. The presenter talked about the different versions of Flip cameras, had different cameras there to use, and went over several projects she completed with her class. The Flip camera is a basic video camera that is plugged into the computer. All the necessary software is on the camera. It's also very inexpensive. It allows students to use the camera, plug it into the school computers and go. They can pull the software off the camera, edit it, and save it (or turn it into a podcast) right there. The presenter shared lessons she did with grades 5-8, but said she had also used the flip camera with Kindergarten and younger grades. One lesson was a Public Safety Announcement she had the children do. Another was creating a digital story. Christine
Day of Discovery- DigitalStorytelling - Discovery Education invited their VA Star Educators to this event. The morning began with a Keynote by Steve Dembo titled A Fractured Look at Digital Storytelling and then offered 4 sessions throughout the day: PhotoStory, VoiceThread,Makin' Movies with Mac and PC, and Using a Green Screen with Adobe Elements. I would encourage everyone to become a DEN star educator as the benefits are fantastic as is the professional development that you receive. Valaina
Technology + Marzano Strategies = Classrooms that work!was also in the Share Fair room. We expected people to walk through and we would chat with them like the poster sessions at NECC. However, there were chairs and people came in and sat and stood around so that it turned out to be more like a concurrent session. Our wikiis a work in progress. Valaina
Think... on the Future and Go Green with Technology - (Share Fair Presentation) Valaina G – Greatly increase your schores
R – retention of infomartion
E – energized Lessons
E – Easy Grading
N- No paper or pencil Save, more efficient, and fun
SMARTBoard – put smartboard notebook in the Novell box - Can do it on the computer
Personal Response systems
Study Island is a great review tool
Email –
Teacher to students
Students to students
Students to teacher
Student access part of groupwise
Students take test and email it to the teacher
Teacher emails the test and grade to the parents
3-5 have their own email account
5. Online Test
Quia
Ixl math
Released test items
6. Have students bring thumbdrives and save everything to it
Save lessons to it
Allow before and after school for those without computer
7. Online Activities
Nettrekker
Brainpop
Sol pass
Thinkfiniity
8. Photostory – digital writing
ABC video
Pictures from field trip
Put online for parents to see
9. MovieMaker
Have kids make movies for review
use clips from DE streaming
use camera to get their own pictures to make the movie
10. Games
Like the jeopardy powerpoint, etc
ITRTs Go To NECC 2009 in Washington, DC There will be an ITRT Pavillion - Charting a Course for 21st Century Learning
VSTE island in SecondLife (SL) will be showcased - will offer learning sessions
VA districts will have displays - Forging Ahead - 21st Century Skills
The pavillion will be a large space to relax, talk to others about the ITRT position, highlight the history of VA, and what is great about VA
Need people to volunteer to work in the pavillion Valaina
Hands-On Workshops
Where in the World with Google Maps and Google Earth - Combining information (creating mashups) with Google's mapping technology, including integration of pictures and videos
Beginner Instructional Animations with Flash - Basics of Flash and created an instructional animation, which illustrated the use of animations in the classroom
Google Sketch-Up - Modeling and manipulating in 3-D. This free application can be used in a variety of areas, especially math.
Concurrent Sessions
SMART Tools for Secondary Students
Lesson Activity Toolkit - Word Guess, Vortex, Checker Tool
Gallery - Search "Flash"
Smart Video Player - new feature in Notebook 10; pick up pen and video stops
Webcasting in the Middle School - Winchester Middle School Summer Program detailing historical sites
Digital Cameras
Flip Cameras and Tripods (educational rebates of $15 each if you buy more than three)
Digital Voice Recorders - use with headset with microphone
Ready Bags
Webcast Historians - student application
10 days - 5 hours/day
Hands-on Training
Operation Walkabout
Filming Techniques
Storyboarding/Scriptwriting
Simulations in the Math/Science Classroom: Creating an Engaging Pedagogy with Excel
Interactive simulations using only computations - no formulas
Digital Storytelling Day of Discovery - This pre-conference event was organized by the Discovery Educator Network. The morning began with a Keynote by Steve Dembo on Digital Storytelling, and was followed by 5 breakout sessions: Photostory and DE Streaming, VoiceThread, Makin-Movies, Using Green Screens, and 50 Web 2.0 Tools.
Make Digital Pictures "Rock" Your Curriculum with Photostory - This hands-on session took us through the process of using Photostory from beginning to end. This session was particularly useful to me, because I am more familiar with MovieMaker. Many of the features were similar, but I did appreciate the ability of Photostory to add music to the final presentation. She also provided us access to her presentation/files.
Learning Adobe Photoshop - As a beginning PhotoShop user, most of this was way above my head, but the presenter certainly was well versed in the use of Photoshop. His provided us with additional resources, including tutorials and videos.
Concurrent Sessions:
Bend, Break & Bust it Loose: 10 Ways to Engage Your Students - This session explored new ways to use DE Streaming, including using the Writing Prompt, Quiz Builder, and Assignment Builder features. He demonstrated uses for the Interactive Calendar and Interactive Atlas, and he showed us other tips/tricks such as how to embed Windows Media Player into a PowerPoint and how to edit the closed-captioning for DE videos. Instructions can be found at his Geekybird blog at the Birdhouse.
Language Smarts: Interactive Literacy - A great presentation on incorporating hands-on reading comprehension strategies. Her entire presentaion can be found on the Smart Exchange.
SMART had a large presence at VSTE. Here are some of the ideas presented! (please add more!)
SMART presentations:
Teaching Language Arts using Smartboards
Colette Retrosi discussed several ways to use Smartboards in teaching Language Arts, she also shared a bunch of Language arts sites. The first game she talked about was Battleship on Quia, she shared that you find it by searching word study and spelling. Next she shared Chicktionary which is a primary game. I googled it and found a lot of different versions. She showed us the Fridge Magnet feature (Smart Gallery 10), the word generator (in the lesson toolkit), and the spot light tool( Smart Notebook 10). Some other sites she mentioned were www.earobics.com, www.gamegoo.com, and www.vocabulary.com. Christine
SCAN
This is a great focused blogging site called Your Take http://yourtake.org/ Students use a decision making process called SCAN (Stop and think, Clarify the key issues, Ask what's most important, Now what do you do next?) to dissolve a dispute and blog about each step along the way. The disputes can be anything from current situations, (i.e. "should cell phones be allowed in school?") to historical events (i.e. "how should the British respond to the Boston Tea Party") to fictional problems (i.e. "What should Harry do about Draco?")
Free subscription until June 30, 2009.
Does not require student e mail to sign up.
Google Earth:
There was a great presentation on Google Earth 5th Edition. There are a lot of great new tools available. Google Mars has been added with pictures and videos. A new ocean feature was put in there so you can dive into the ocean and check out sea life, ocean walls/floors, and swim with sharks.
I learned how to create KML (keyhole markup language) and KMZ (keyhole markup zip) files using Google Earth 5th edition. The presenter shared a wealth of ideas with participants for using Google Earth in subject areas suchas Social Studies and Language Arts. The software could be used to trace the cities and countries involved in World War 1 and 2. The files can be saved and shared with others. The wiki http://create-kmz-who-me.pbwiki.com/FrontPage was provided as aresource for creating kmz files and samples files. Antoher resource shared was Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.org/ which is a website that uses Google Earth to provide visual connections in literature. Please check out thses sites there is some really cool stuff here! KIM
Visual Communicator 3:
Shawn Jones from Woodbridge Middle and I (Ryan Osweiler) presented our news program on Monday morning. We had a crowd of about 30 and it seemed to go really well. Instead of typing everything out, feel free to visit our blog: http://portertvnews.edublogs.org . We are in the process of putting pictures from our presentation on there.
Spicing up Professional Development
This session focused on providing professional development to teachers similar to providing meals. The presentation provided breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner. For instance, breakfast provided PD that would be fast, quick and, easy. Ideas included: present at technology tidbit for 5 minutes during a facility meeting; provides staff technology information in the school newsletter; provided just in time training as teachers request. The lunch provided quick but requires them to sit for 20minutes, ideas included: provide teachers with Lunch & Learn sessions (provide PD during teachers lunch time and supply them with dessert); provided PD during collaboration or PLC time to small groups; provide teachers with the web-based tutorials that software companies provide; provide instructional coaching to teachers such as short observations and providing feedback; establish technology buddies in the schools to assist in providing teachers support. The dinner provided enjoyable and satisfying professional development, ideas included: have small group but focused training through the school day for teachers; use a blog or wiki to work collaboratively with teachers over a period of time; encourage teachers to take professional development courses offered outside the school. Snacks included ideas such as sending teachers thank you notes for attending the session, give teachers a flash drive with resources on it, have teachers win a lab pass for preferred lab reservations. KIM
Submit an Electronic VGLA
The session focused on how to convince teachers to begin creating electronic VGLA portfolios. The presenters discussed how their middle school created electronic VGLA portfolios one school year. The process was cumbersome because they put all of the portfolios on CD Roms but the teachers felt it was successful. Most evaluators at the state level like the electronic format better than the large heavy notebooks. More information can be provided if you are interested. KIM
Comic Life for Educators
Comic Life is a user-friendly program that allows users to create a comic using photographs or images. The possiblities of this productivity software are endless. It can be used with k-12 students in any subject area.
What are the benefits of Comic Life?
1. Engaging. Comic Life activities can replace some of the less interesting but common tasks, such as timelines, plot summaries or story mapping, and listing information.
2. Utilizing multiple skill levels. Composing a comic can involve a range of skills and cognitive processes. Depending on the assignment, students may have to organize, analyze, and synthesize information. For example, having to compose a comic exploring the setting of a text requires students to visually compose their interpretation of the setting, rather than simply compiling descriptive words.
3. Appeals to multiple intelligences. Creating a comic with Comic Life may involve composing and taking photographs, drawing illustrations, writing, creating a logical sequence of events or frames, and provides a hands-on experience. Students may have the option to work individually or in groups, and visual learners would gain a great deal from the activity.
4. Meaningful learning. Comic Life can be used in a way that allows students to relate material to their lives and take an active part in their learning. For example, students may choose to act out a text, photograph events or actions, and create a comic from the photographs.
5. Appeals to all students. Using Comic Life is not only fun, but is also allows students to design according to their own personalities and aesthetic value. For instance, there are plenty of pink styles for the girls who may not initially like the ideas of a “boys” comic. ( This list was taken from the website http://cnx.org/content/m18037/latest/)
Here is a link in which you can find lots of information about using this type of software in your classrooms. http://delicious.com/vstecomiclife/?page=1
MAKE DIGITAL PICTURES “ROCK” YOUR CURRICULUM WITH PHOTOSTORY – This hands-on session provided the basics of how to do a PhotoStory project. Since I have already done projects with students using PhotoStory, I found this session not to be the best use of my time. However, it was a fine presentation for those not familiar with this application. All was not in vein as I did come away with a list of resources for digital storytelling including royalty free music and clipart/images. Joanne
VISUAL COMMUNICATOR 3: A STUDENT TV NEWS PRODUCTION PROGRAM – T his session was presented by two of PWCS ITRTs. I was interested in seeing and learning what they are doing at their respective schools because we are also doing live morning news broadcasts at my school. We, too, are using Visual Communicator and found it to be a very user-friendly application. Joanne
ARE YOU READY TO SUBMIT AN ELECTRONIC VGLA? - After reading Kim’s post, I wondered if we attended the same session. I liked the idea of an electronic portfolio Norfolk Public Schools used last year. The electronic version incorporated a lot more technology as opposed to the paper/pencil worksheet version. When the electronic portfolios were submitted, the presenters found some examiners were not cooperative, some were not comfortable with the technology, and, horror of horrors, some of the CDs would not open. In spite of this, many of their students passed the SOLs. The following year, with administration and teacher training and new directions coming from the ‘powers that be’ Norfolk Public Schools resorted back to using paper and binders. The presenters believed the electronic portfolio is the way to go. However, I detected a “give up” attitude by these presenters because of the “brick walls” they encountered while trying to go green and use technology tools. Joanne
READY, SET, ACTION! USING VISUAL COMMUNICATOR WITH A MORNING SHOW PROGRAM, TO ENHANCE YOUR CURRICULUM – This presentation was done by an elementary school teacher and basically covered the same things Ryan and Shawn did in their presentation. To capture students’ attention, they have a “where in the world is the principal” segment where a picture of some place in the world served as the backdrop for the principal’s minute. Students would submit their answers and someone would be rewarded at the end of the week. One feature I particularly liked was the “self-evaluation” by her news crew. Because she had the time to do this, she would sit down with students at the end of the week and have them reflect on how they performed as far as eye contact, expression, vocal clarity, etc. Another feature she used was to have each grade level come up with 10 questions about a particular SOL objective. One question from each grade level would be shown each morning on the news. Joanne
SMART. .PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER – The enthusiasm from this presenter made you want to step back in time and be a student again. It sure would be nice to clone some of her energy and passion for creating lessons using SMART. Her presentation focused on elementary science lesson but the same type of lesson could be adapted to middle school.
"I'm in a Hurry!"
The presenters, Tom Kern and John Maher presented ideas to improve teaching in the lab setting, as well as a cd with lessons for every grade level. Some of the ideas they shared included, colored cubes on top of computers so that you can easily group students, clips on the sides of computers for headphones, and a computer club to help with maintaining computers and organization. Christine
Additional items presented during this session were:
- a classroom management system for use in the elementary lab (tickets earned or taken away depending on behavior, with raffles for those who kept all their tickets)
- ideas for meeting with teachers (one every 6 weeks, asking teachers to fill out a pre-planning sheet with curriculum focus, posting finished planning sheets for all staff members to see)
- their method of sharing cameras and photos (cameras bar coded and checked out from library, everyone downloads pictures to shared drive on server)
CynthiaCREATING DIGITAL FIELD TRIPS – This presentation focused on creating field trips using maps, pictures, and music. We learned how to create a short video using Animoto. This software is downloadable and free. The free version allows you to create a 30-second video. For a price, you can create an extended length video. There is no limit on how many free videos can be made. Animoto supports image retrieval from Flikr, Facebook, and Photobucket. To learn more about Animoto, go to http://animoto.com. Joanne
Flip
This was a presentation about the many uses of the Flip Camera. The presenter talked about the different versions of Flip cameras, had different cameras there to use, and went over several projects she completed with her class. The Flip camera is a basic video camera that is plugged into the computer. All the necessary software is on the camera. It's also very inexpensive. It allows students to use the camera, plug it into the school computers and go. They can pull the software off the camera, edit it, and save it (or turn it into a podcast) right there. The presenter shared lessons she did with grades 5-8, but said she had also used the flip camera with Kindergarten and younger grades. One lesson was a Public Safety Announcement she had the children do. Another was creating a digital story. Christine
Day of Discovery - DigitalStorytelling - Discovery Education invited their VA Star Educators to this event. The morning began with a Keynote by Steve Dembo titled A Fractured Look at Digital Storytelling and then offered 4 sessions throughout the day: PhotoStory, VoiceThread,Makin' Movies with Mac and PC, and Using a Green Screen with Adobe Elements. I would encourage everyone to become a DEN star educator as the benefits are fantastic as is the professional development that you receive. Valaina
We're Inspired: - was in the Share Fair room and offered a myriad of ideas for K-5 of ways to use Inspiration with K-5 . http://vb-vste09.wikispaces.com/We%27re Inspired! Valaina
Technology + Marzano Strategies = Classrooms that work! was also in the Share Fair room. We expected people to walk through and we would chat with them like the poster sessions at NECC. However, there were chairs and people came in and sat and stood around so that it turned out to be more like a concurrent session. Our wikiis a work in progress. Valaina
Think... on the Future and Go Green with Technology - (Share Fair Presentation) Valaina
G – Greatly increase your schores
R – retention of infomartion
E – energized Lessons
E – Easy Grading
N- No paper or pencil
Save, more efficient, and fun
- Teacher to students
- Students to students
- Students to teacher
- Student access part of groupwise
- Students take test and email it to the teacher
- Teacher emails the test and grade to the parents
- 3-5 have their own email account
5. Online Test6. Have students bring thumbdrives and save everything to it
- Save lessons to it
- Allow before and after school for those without computer
7. Online Activities- Nettrekker
- Brainpop
- Sol pass
- Thinkfiniity
- ABC video
- Pictures from field trip
- Put online for parents to see
9. MovieMaker8. Photostory – digital writing
- Have kids make movies for review
- use clips from DE streaming
- use camera to get their own pictures to make the movie
10. GamesITRTs Go To NECC 2009 in Washington, DC There will be an ITRT Pavillion - Charting a Course for 21st Century Learning
Hands-On Workshops
Where in the World with Google Maps and Google Earth - Combining information (creating mashups) with Google's mapping technology, including integration of pictures and videos
Beginner Instructional Animations with Flash - Basics of Flash and created an instructional animation, which illustrated the use of animations in the classroom
Google Sketch-Up - Modeling and manipulating in 3-D. This free application can be used in a variety of areas, especially math.
Concurrent Sessions
SMART Tools for Secondary Students
Webcasting in the Middle School - Winchester Middle School Summer Program detailing historical sites
Simulations in the Math/Science Classroom: Creating an Engaging Pedagogy with Excel
Shawn
Hands-On Workshops:
Digital Storytelling Day of Discovery - This pre-conference event was organized by the Discovery Educator Network. The morning began with a Keynote by Steve Dembo on Digital Storytelling, and was followed by 5 breakout sessions: Photostory and DE Streaming, VoiceThread, Makin-Movies, Using Green Screens, and 50 Web 2.0 Tools.
Make Digital Pictures "Rock" Your Curriculum with Photostory - This hands-on session took us through the process of using Photostory from beginning to end. This session was particularly useful to me, because I am more familiar with MovieMaker. Many of the features were similar, but I did appreciate the ability of Photostory to add music to the final presentation. She also provided us access to her presentation/files.
Learning Adobe Photoshop - As a beginning PhotoShop user, most of this was way above my head, but the presenter certainly was well versed in the use of Photoshop. His provided us with additional resources, including tutorials and videos.
Concurrent Sessions:
Bend, Break & Bust it Loose: 10 Ways to Engage Your Students - This session explored new ways to use DE Streaming, including using the Writing Prompt, Quiz Builder, and Assignment Builder features. He demonstrated uses for the Interactive Calendar and Interactive Atlas, and he showed us other tips/tricks such as how to embed Windows Media Player into a PowerPoint and how to edit the closed-captioning for DE videos. Instructions can be found at his Geekybird blog at the Birdhouse.
Language Smarts: Interactive Literacy - A great presentation on incorporating hands-on reading comprehension strategies. Her entire presentaion can be found on the Smart Exchange.